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KNITTING WOOL

Golden Gryphon has balls and skeins of knitting wool.  Well, mostly skeins, but we'll wind them into centre-pull balls for you at no extra charge if you wish.  The wool is hand-spun and hand-dyed with natural plant dyes.   Our usual wool is 24-micron pure merino, very spoft and fine, but other breeds of wool can be sourced if desired. $12 per 100g skein/ball. Available in 5-ply (laceweight), 8-ply (DK), or 10-12 ply (worsted) equivalent.   Typical lengths are 120-130m for 5-ply, 80-90m for 8-ply, and 50-60m for 10-ply. We normally do an order as a single dye lot to ensure the colour is consistent, so it's best to order enough wool for your project to begin with.   Although we will do our best, we cannot guarantee to match colours exactly later.  See the Steiner/Waldorf colour palettes or the wool threads below for colours. Generally, we spin and dye to order, rather than having a large stock on hand.  It takes an afternoon to spin four 8-ply skeins, and another afternoon to dye and dry them, so be sure to allow enough lead time for your order!  Hand-spun wool typically varies in texture.  Let us know whether you prefer your wool to be as even as possible or if you like a more slubby or thick-thin look.

THREADS --  SILK

Pure silk 2-strand thread hand-spun and dyed with natural plant dyes.  Suitable for embroidery, tablet weaving, tassels, etc.   Close-up of typical card.

$6.50 per 15m card.

Please note -- because these are natural dyes, colours will vary a little from batch to batch.  If you need an exact match, please ask for cards from a single dye batch.

Commercially-dyed variegated purple silk.  This is spun from silk caps whose colour varies from pale blue through all the shades of mauve to navy blue.  It makes a lovely thread with variations in colour, perfect for embroidering flowers.  $7.50 per 15m card.

COLOUR SAMPLES

Below are some of the colours we can produce.    Some colours may not be available if it's the wrong season (golden orange from coreopsis may only be available in summer, for example).  Talk to us about the colours you'd like, and we'll see what we can do.  We are happy to send you free colour snippets if you send us a stamped self-addressed envelope.

Crimson Brazilwood & Copper	Red Brazilwood & Alum	Bright  Pink Cochineal & Tin	Rose Pink Cochineal & Alum
Golden Orange Coreopsis & Alum	Terracotta Red Sandalwood & Copper	Pale Yellow Cammomile & Alum	Butter Yellow Onionskin & Alum
Golden Yellow Pomegranate & Alum	Pale Sea Green Copper sulphate	Sage Green Red Basil & Copper	Yellow Green Pomegranate, Copper, Indigo
Dark Green Indigo, Coreopsis, & Alum	Beige Natural Tussah silk	Light Brown Walnut & Iron	Medium Brown Walnut & Tin
Dark Brown Cutch & Iron	Pale Blue-grey Red Cabbage, Alum, Ammonia	Sky Blue Indigo, no mordant	Ocean Blue Indigo Dark
Navy Blue Logwood & Alum	Steel Grey Alkanet & Copper	White Natural Mulberry Silk	Black Logwood & Iron

THREADS --  WOOL

Pure wool 2-strand thread hand-spun and dyed with natural plant dyes.  Suitable for embroidery, tablet weaving, tassels, etc.

$4.50 per 15m card.

Please note -- because these are natural dyes, colours may vary a little from batch to batch.  If you need an exact match, please ask for cards from a single dye batch.

COLOUR SAMPLES

Below are some of the colours we can produce.   Some colours may not be available if it's the wrong season (golden orange from coreopsis may only be available in summer, for example).  Talk to us about the colours you'd like, and we'll see what we can do.  We are happy to send you free colour snippets if you send us a stamped self-addressed envelope.

Crimson Brazilwood & Copper	Red Madder & Alum	Bright Pink Cochineal & Alum	Rose Pink Cochineal & Alum Light
Golden Orange Coreopsis & Alum	Pale Yellow Cammomile & Alum	Golden Yellow Cammomile & Copper	Dark Gold Buckthorn & Tin
Pale Sea Green Copper Sulphate	Yellow-Green Privet, Copper, Ammonia	Sage Green Red Plum, Alum, Ammonia	Dark Green Fern, Indigo &Alum
Light Brown Walnut & Copper	Medium Brown Walnut & Alum	Dark Brown Walnut & Tin	Sky Blue Indigo
Ocean Blue Indigo  & Alum	Navy Blue Logwood & Copper	Lilac Brazilwood, Copper, Ammonia	Dark Magenta Brazilwood, Alum, Ammonia
Purple Brazilwood, Copper, Ammonia	Steel Grey Logwood & Alum	White Natural	Black Logwood & Iron